floterial

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps related to float, even floating voter?”)

Adjective

floterial (not comparable)

1. (US, politics) Of an electoral district composed of two or more towns or precincts due to an inability of either town to produce a sufficient constituency for its own representation.

Noun

floterial (plural floterials)

1. (US, politics) An electoral district of this kind.